Drew Banks is an entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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, marketing strategist, and author

Author

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. He currently serves as Head of Marketing for Prezi

Prezi

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for exploring and sharing ideas upon a virtual canvas. Prezi is distinguished by its Zooming User Interface , which enables users to zoom in and out of their presentation media...

, a cloud-based presentation software company based in San Francisco.

In 2005, Drew co-founded home-networking start-up Pie Digital, and served as the companies President & COO. Other technology companies that Drew has worked for include Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...

 (SGI), ThirdAge Media, and SAS Institute

SAS Institute

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Drew is the co-inventor (with Pie Digital co-founder, John Barnhill) for the pending patent: System and Method for Automatic Configuration and Management of Home Network Devices Using a Hierarchical Index Model.

Drew is also an accomplished business author and novelist. He has published two business theory books that examine the implications of various communications and social media psychologies: Beyond Spin and Customer.Community. His novels include Able Was I and Ere I Saw Elba.

Drew holds degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...

 and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.